Headliners Koscheck and Yoshida make weight for UFC Fight Night 16

All 20 fighters competing at Wednesday’s “UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fights for the Troops” event today hit the scales and made weight for the show.

The weigh-ins took place at the Sports USA Bar near Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The same military institution will be part of Wednesday’s Spike TV-televised event at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.

Headliners Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida each weighed in at 171 pounds for their main-event welterweight bout.

Preliminary-card fighters Brodie Farber (174) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (173.5), who were originally scheduled to fight at 170 pounds, have agreed to meet at a catch-weight of 173 pounds, according to UFC.com.

The full weigh-in results included:

MAIN CARD

Josh Koscheck (171) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171)

Jonathan Goulet (171) vs. Mike Swick (171)

Razak Al-Hussan (205) vs. Steve Cantwell (206)

Tim Credeur (186) vs. Nate Loughran (185)

Jim Miller (156) vs. Matt Wiman (156)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Brodie Farber (174) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (173.5)*

Steve Bruno (171) vs. Johnny Rees (169)

Ben Saunders (170) vs. Brandon Wolff (170)

Dale Hartt (156) vs. Corey Hill (155)

Eddie Sanchez (246) vs. Justin McCully (228)

* – Farber and Fioravanti have agreed to meet at a catch-weight of 173 pounds.

Wednesday’s event serves as a fundraiser for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. To learn more about the nonprofit organization or to make a donation, go to fightforthetroops.com.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) will have full round-by-round updates and official results from both the preliminary and main cards of UFC Fight Night 16 on Wednesday beginning at approximately 6 p.m. ET.

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